The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-08-24
THE WESTERN STATES.

says: Argument was commenced yesterday
before Supreme Justice Field and Judges
Sawyer, Hoffman, and Sabin in the United
States Circuit Court in the case of the petit
ton of the Pacific Railroad Commission ask
ing that Senator Leland Stanford be required
TO show cause why he should not be compel
ed TO answer certain questions OF the Com
mission in regard to the expenditure of funds
for the purpose Of influencing legislation
The counsel for the railroad said the
ground upon which the company stood was
that the inquiry OF the Railway Commits sion
is uncalled for, unjust, aud unprincipled 1t
is an inquisition into the private affairs of
private corporation, and the court could not
use any measures TO compel the President OF
the road TO answer. The counsel continued:
"We do not fall back on the right Of Senator
Stanford TO refuse 10 answer on the ground
that he would criminate himself We do
not cay that there would DO any crlminality
if he answer. The refusal rests on the
question of human rights individually.
The right to hold a star-cha amber inves-
tigation and act as they had undertaken
70 act is to undermine the principles Of civ
ilized nations and to revert to war. 1t is q
species of barbarism" you mean 10 say,
then, that the work OF the commission is I'M
CONSTITUTIONAL" said Judge Hoffman @Ex-
actly," said counsel, shut when the Commits
sioners confined their inquiry to subjects OF
popular interest and did not pry into private
matters the information they desired was
freely furnished" Justice Field made an
order allowing both parties until Monday to
file briefs.
HE arrest of Charles Parker, who robbed
Paymaster Bash, L. S. A, of $4,000, at Ante
lope Springs, Wyo T., several months ago,
was attended by some very sensational feat
ures. Parker resisted desperately, and was
only overcome after bitter struggle. He is
now in Jail at North Platte, Neb. Paymaster
Bash has been suspended from the serv-
Ice until the amount stolen by Parker is made
good to the Government
The Coroner's jury after a searching inves-
tigation of the Chatsworth horror, returned
the following verdict:
We find that the wreckng OF the said train
which totally demolished eight coaches one
baggage car, and one engine, and either killed
or wounded most OF the occupants OF said
coaches, was caused by said bridge having
been burned out before the train struck it.
We think from the evidence that the
which had been set as late as p IN. that
afternoon by the section men, close as six
teen feet on both the east and west sides OF the
bridge. We further find that the foreman of
Section No. Z, Timothy Coughlin, disobeyed
positive orders from his superior to examine
the track and bridges on his section the last
thing on Wednesday, and We find that he did
not so over the west two and one-half miles at
all on Wednesday, and that the said
foreman, Coughlin, was guilty OF gross and
criminal carelessness in leaving fires burning
along the track in such n dry season and
with a strong wind blowing. and we recon-
mend that he be held for examination by the
Grand Jury; and, further, il is the opinion OF
the jury that the leaving Of the track without
being patrolled for six hours before the pas
sage af the excursion train. and the setting
Of fires by the section men on such dry
and windy day the 10th Of August 1857
were acts deserving severe criticism.
A warrant was Immediately issued for
Coughlin's arrest
REPUBLICAN CITY, Neb., was visited by a
hurricane that almost destroyed the town.
Houses were blown away and the inmates
buried in the debris. Two men were killed
and many persons were fatally and seriously
injured.
The stock company of n. Matson & Co.,
jewellers, corner Of State and Monroe streets,
Chicago, has closed its doors. Liabilities,
Sic, 600; assets, $780, 600 Edward Forman
was appointed receiver. The failure was
caused by the death of " Matson, President
of the company
Two CANNON prematurely exploded during
a sham battle at the Enfeld, Ill, soldiers re-
union number OF men were terribly
mangled.